Tire

• US 20080191840A1
• Filed: 07/18/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitomo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitomo Corporation
• Inventors: Ashizawa, Shigeo, Kaga, Kikuo, Kano, Yasuo
• Application Number:
  US11/826,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20080191840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07764 the adhering arrangement making the record carrier attachable to a tire tire temperature or pressur control arrangements, see B60C23/00

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a tire which can record and read data per tire including type, serial number, specification, manufacture date, and use history at each step of manufacture, distribution and maintenance.

The tire 1 comprises a first wireless IC tag 3 provided inside the tire and can write/read information by radio communication, and a second wireless IC tag 4 which can write information at the steps of manufacturing the tire and distributing the tire by radio communication and read this written information by radio communication and which is traceable for manufacture control and distribution control, a tire condition detecting sensor 5 also provided inside the tire and detecting at least one among temperature, rotation, oscillation, stress and pressure which are applied to the tire, and a control section 6 provided inside the carcass structure 2 of the tire and sending the data detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the first wireless IC tag 3 for recording.

Claims

1. A tire comprising a wireless IC tag provided inside the tire and information-writable/readable by radio communication, a tire condition detecting sensor also provided inside said tire, and a control section also provided inside said tire and sending data detected by said tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag for recording.

2. The tire according to claim 1, wherein the tire condition detecting sensor has a function to detect at least one among temperature, rotation, oscillation, stress and pressure which are applied to the tire.

3. The tire according to claim 1, wherein the wireless IC tag, the tire condition detecting sensor, and the control section are provided in a carcass structure forming the tire.

4. The tire according to claim 3, wherein the wireless IC tag is provided inside a cord forming the carcass structure.

5. The tire according to claim 1, wherein the wireless IC tag can radio communicate with an IC tag writing device and an IC reading device by encoded signals.

6. The tire according to claim 1, wherein the wireless IC tag uses a memory device formed of semiconductor material and the like and having nonvolatile function.

7. The tire according to claim 1, wherein the control section sends signals detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag together with time data.

8. The tire according to claim 1, wherein a wireless IC tag is provided separately, and said wireless IC tag can write information at steps of manufacturing tire and distributing tire by radio communication, read the written information by radio communication, and is traceable for manufacture control and distribution control.

9. The tire according to claim 2, wherein the wireless IC tag, the tire condition detecting sensor, and the control section are provided in a carcass structure forming the tire.

10. The tire according to claim 2, wherein the wireless IC tag can radio communicate with an IC tag writing device and an IC reading device by encoded signals.

11. The tire according to claim 3, wherein the wireless IC tag can radio communicate with an IC tag writing device and an IC reading device by encoded signals.

12. The tire according to claim 4, wherein the wireless IC tag can radio communicate with an IC tag writing device and an IC reading device by encoded signals.

13. The tire according to claim 2, wherein the wireless IC tag uses a memory device formed of semiconductor material and the like and having nonvolatile function.

14. The tire according to claim 3, wherein the wireless IC tag uses a memory device formed of semiconductor material and the like and having nonvolatile function.

15. The tire according to claim 4, wherein the wireless IC tag uses a memory device formed of semiconductor material and the like and having nonvolatile function.

16. The tire according to claim 5, wherein the wireless IC tag uses a memory device formed of semiconductor material and the like and having nonvolatile function.

17. The tire according to claim 2, wherein the control section sends signals detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag together with time data.

18. The tire according to claim 3, wherein the control section sends signals detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag together with time data.

19. The tire according to claim 4, wherein the control section sends signals detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag together with time data.

20. The tire according to claim 5, wherein the control section sends signals detected by the tire condition detecting sensor to the wireless IC tag together with time data.